RobotWars101

Andrew_Hibberd wrote:Parkour is french meaning l'art du displacement, or free running. It is trying to go from A to B in the smoothest possible way without having to go arround things in your way

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Does that imply doing weird stunt jumps over obstacles?

Nick.

Pardon me for asking, but who are the Collier family? Is that a stupid question?

Nick.

Just updated my site. It has photos now!

Nick.

Well well well. Chris got the first functional prototype working yesterday, with all the components taped onto a card base. I believe Chris was to be taking photos as well yesterday so he might show some off. All we need to do now is find, or build, a saw and house the finished robot in a polycarbon...

Thanks!

I'll keep it in mind that homemade saws are a pain in the <beep!> to make.

Nick

The blade I had on Milky Joe was 1.5mm thick. Weighed over 30g. It's a possibility, but perhaps a bit dangerous for your first ant... http://www.extremefightingmachines.co.uk/cgi-bin/discus/board-profile.cgi?action=pict&file=5444.gif Bottom left. Not only are they about 0.3mm but their radius i...

Simon, I saw the, um, Antweight Music Video, I learned a few things, for example spinners/saws are more used for pushing than cutting, and how important it is to be in control 100% of the time, as the arena is SO small! For a spinner/saw, how would a hardened-steel fabric-cutting disc perform? Mum ...

Yes I thought so..... I had an idea more killing, sandwichy and even more from Mars-looking-like, but it was just an idea and not my best.

Nick

All right, but who came up with "The Killer Sandwich From Mars"? That's got to be the silliest name of all.

Nick